Too Much Johnson (1919 film)

Too Much Johnson (1919 film)
Directed by	Donald Crisp
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Written by	William Gillette(play:Too Much Johnson) Thomas J. Geraghty(film scenario)
Starring	Bryant Washburn Lois Wilson
Cinematography	Charles Schoenbaum
Edited by	Nan Heron Dorothy Arzner
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures - Artcraft
Release dates	December 1919
Running time	5 reels
Country	USA

Too Much Johnson is a lost^[1] 1919 silent film comedy produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Donald Crisp during his phase as an important film director. This film stars in the leads Bryant Washburn and Lois Wilson.^[2]^[3]

This film is based on William Gillette's 1894 play Too Much Johnson and is the second film attempt at the play, the first having been a short in 1900.^[4] Famously, Orson Welles made a short and unfinished amateur version of the play and he may have not known of this feature silent from 1919.

Cast

Bryant Washburn - Augustus Billings
Lois Wilson - Mrs. Billings
Adele Farrington - Mrs. Batterson
Charles H. Geldart - Joseph Johnson
Monte Blue - Leon Dathis
Elsie Lorimer - Mrs. Dathis
Gloria Hope - Leonora Faddish
George Hackathorn - Henry McIntosh
Phil Gastrock - Francis Faddish

References

External links

Too Much Johnson at IMDb.com
allmovie/synopsis; Too Much Johnson
still photo during production(Univ. of Washington, Sayre collection)
lobby poster(archived on worthpoint)

Films directed by Donald Crisp

1910s	Her Father's Silent Partner (1914) short The Mysterious Shot (1914) short The Newer Woman (1914) short Their First Acquaintance (1914) short The Weaker Strain (1914) short The Idiot (1914) short The Tavern of Tragedy (1914) short Her Mother's Necklace (1914) short Frenchy (1914) short Down the Hill to Creditville (1914) short The Great God Fear (1914) short His Mother's Trust (1914) short Sands of Fate (1914) short The Warning (1914) short The Availing Prayer (1914) short Paid with Interest (1914) short The Niggard (1914) short The Little Country Mouse (1914) short Another Chance (1914) short At Dawn (1914) short An Old-Fashioned Girl (1915) short How Hazel Got Even (1915) short Ramona (1916) The Eyes of the World (1917) His Sweetheart (1917) The Bond Between (1917) The Marcellini Millions (1917) A Roadside Impresario (1917) The Cook of Canyon Camp (1917) Lost in Transit (1917) The Countess Charming (1917) The Clever Mrs. Carfax (1917) Jules of the Strong Heart (1918) Rimrock Jones (1918) The House of Silence (1918) Believe Me, Xantippe (1918) The Firefly of France (1918) Less Than Kin (1918) The Goat (1918) The Way of a Man with a Maid (1918) Under the Top (1919) Venus in the East (1919) The Poor Boob (1919) Johnny Get Your Gun (1919) Something to Do (1919) Putting It Over (1919) A Very Good Young Man (1919) Love Insurance (1919) Why Smith Left Home (1919) It Pays to Advertise (1919) Too Much Johnson (1919)

1920s	The Six Best Cellars (1920) Miss Hobbs (1920) Held by the Enemy (1920) The Barbarian (1921) The Princess of New York (1921) Appearances (1921) The Bonnie Brier Bush (1921) Tell Your Children (1922) Ponjola (1924) The Navigator (1924) Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925) Sunny Side Up (1926) Young April (1926) Nobody's Widow (1927) Man Bait (1927) Vanity (1927) The Fighting Eagle (1927) Dress Parade (1927) Stand and Deliver (1928) The Cop (1928)

1930s	The Runaway Bride (1930)

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